Hana ga Takai (Long Nose)
Today, I will talk about the Japanese idiom “hana ga takai,” whose literal meaning is “long nose”. 鼻が高い Of course,
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Learning English and Japanese
For everyone learning English/Japanese
Month: September 2016
Daikon Yakusha (Daikon Radish Actor)
Daikon Yakusha 大根役者 Yesterday, I talked about the word “daikon ashi” (daikon radish legs). 昨日は、大根足という言葉を紹介しました。 Today, I’d like to talk
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Daikon-ashi (Daikon Radish Legs)
Daikon-ashi 大根足 Today, I will talk about the Japanese word “daikon-ashi”. 今日は、「大根足」という言葉を紹介します。 The literal meaning is “daikon/Japanese radish legs”, and
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Inu mo arukeba bo ni ataru
Today, I’d like to talk about the famous Japanese proverb “inu mo arukeba bo ni ataru.” 犬も歩けば棒に当たる The literal translation
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Mecha-kucha
Today, I will talk about the Japanese word “mucha-kucha”. むちゃくちゃ The “mucha” in “mucha-kucha” means that “something is unreasonable,” or
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Yakeishi ni Mizu
Today, I will talk about the Japanese proverb “yakeishi ni mizu.” 焼け石に水 The literal meaning is “water to a burnt
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Karada (Body)
Karada からだ Today, I’d like to talk about the Japanese word “karada”, which has two different kanji. 今日は、二つの異なる漢字表記を持つ日本語「からだ」を紹介します。 The most
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Award Ceremony
Today, an award ceremony of an academic society was held in Tukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, and I received a best-paper award.
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